to look jaundiced
- Fuente de la expresión
- DUE
- Estructura completa
- (Someone) to look jaundiced
- Variantes
- to have sallow skin
- Contexto
- “What did you hear him say?”
“Something about the fact that your skin was jaundiced and you may have hepatitis.”
“Well, is it true? Does my skin look jaundiced?”
She examined hip. “You look like a Ticonderoga pencil.”
“Thanks.”
“But a cute pencil.”
- Fuente del contexto
- Google Books
- Tipo de fuente
- -- Tipo de fuente --
- Autor
- Harlan Coben
- Título de la fuente
- Miracle Cure
- Año
- 1991
- Web
- https://books.google.es/books?id=v266uFvAI1IC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=%22look+jaundiced%22+skin&source=bl&ots=yezpRQJHRI&sig=ACfU3U0DOFzS9_OYCMNoRju4KpeZrHPrKQ&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWg6fJz-TtAhWBD2MBHZJjCck4FBDoATAIegQIBhAC#v=onepage&q=%22look%20jaundiced%22%20skin&f=false
- Observaciones
- Refers to a sickly yellowish colour of the skin, which is abnormal. Not uncommon in newborns, it can be caused by an excess of bilirubin, or due to hepatitis or other ilnesses in adults.
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- Sin definir
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente